On 5/24/2009 9:25 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > I'd start MUCH smaller and grow organically though. You should be able to > start with less than $25k and keep the rest for operating and unexpected > expenses.
I tend to agree, and have been at this just as long. The luckiest thing I did was to put up my main tower back around 2000. www.do-it-yourself-tower.com The turn-key quote for such a tower was around $60k back then, it's probably a bit more now. But by doing it myself it was less than $25k. And no, I had no experience. It was actually the first time I ever poured much concrete! But the alternative, renting tower space, would have cost just as much on a monthly basis yet the tower was paid off in 3 years and now I've got monthly revenue coming from it due to cell phone company colocation contracts. I've already made all the tower money back. I'm considering putting up another one to be honest. A few more of those and this Internet business can burn to the ground for all I care! Rk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
